Murder in the Red Barn Tom Waits

There was a murder in the red barn
A murder in the red barn

The trees are bending over
And the cows are lying down
The autumn's taking over
You can hear the buckshot hounds

The watchman said to Reba the Loon
"Was that pale at Manzanita?
Or was it Blind Bob the coon?"

Pin it on a drifter
They sleep beneath the bridge
One plays the violin
And sleeps inside a fridge

It was a murder in the red barn
Murder in the red barn

Someone's crying in the woods
Someone's burying all his clothes
Now Slam the Crank from Wheezer
Slept outside last night and froze
Roadkill has its seasons, just like anything
There's possums in the autumn
And there's farm cats in the spring